Hi,
Is it possible to load necessary softwares into our application while deploying or creating setup to our application.

Thanks
Krishna

Assuming you are using a Set Up project to create a MSI you should be able to select which prerequisits you wish to install by:

1. Right clicking on the Set Up project in the Solution Explorer window and selecting properties.

2. Click the Prerequisits button on the project properties window.

3. Check the text box next to "Create setup program to install prerequisit components"

Then you should be able to select the .NET Framework and determine where it should be installed from.

Hope this helps,

- John

Hi M. Arun,

Please note that GAX can't help in this regard. You should be posting your question to a Windows Installer forum. I believe what you're after can be partially achieved with "MSI chaining" but please continue this thread on a more related forum.

HTH,
-Victor.

Hi,

You didn't specify in which language you are looking for ? Can you elaborate the question...

Hi Arun,
sure, i will elaborate the question. First of all thank you for your reply. I want to deploy the windows .net application which will install .net framework on the target machine if not available.

Assuming you are using a Set Up project to create a MSI you should be able to select which prerequisits you wish to install by:

1. Right clicking on the Set Up project in the Solution Explorer window and selecting properties.

2. Click the Prerequisits button on the project properties window.

3. Check the text box next to "Create setup program to install prerequisit components"

Then you should be able to select the .NET Framework and determine where it should be installed from.

Hope this helps,

- John

Hi,

While selecting .NET Framework in the prerequisites and selecting option (Download from the same as my application)

it copy dotnetfx.exe to the debug folder. While running setup in the client machine i need to copy dotnetfx.exe also to the client system. Instead of that i want to create setup file that packaging all prerequisites exe in to single setup file.(ie) I only want setup.exe to install my application with prerequisites. How to do it? Any idea...

Hi,

I am looking for grouping prereqisites exe and application exe into single setup exe. Any idea?

Hi M. Arun,

Please note that GAX can't help in this regard. You should be posting your question to a Windows Installer forum. I believe what you're after can be partially achieved with "MSI chaining" but please continue this thread on a more related forum.

HTH,
-Victor.